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Chapter 12

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Diane D Is Out On House Arrest Again: Showtime At The Theater Alex is walking in the backstage hallway of the theater. He looks to the side and sees Margarita talking with a few staff members. He then calls out, “Hey Miss Margarita!”

Margarita turns her head towards Alex. She then walks towards Alex.

Margarita approaches Alex and says, “Hey Alex. How’s it going?”

“Okay. I just want to ask you something. I saw Diane backstage getting ready to perform. I know you and your family were thinking about banning her from performing after she went out-of-control and attempted to break out of the mental institution. I just want to know. What made you all decide not to ban her and let her perform?”

“Well, we all felt guilty about not telling her the truth to why no one was purchasing tickets for the seats near the stage.”

“You all felt guilty about it? How come?”

“Because we figured that if we had just come out and told her the truth in the first place, she wouldn’t have attempted to break out the mental institution to go out to the streets to find the answers herself.”

“So you all feel guilty about not telling her the truth right away?”

“Yes we do.”

“But y’all didn’t tell Diane the truth right away because y’all wanted to spare her feelings, y’all didn’t want her feelings to be hurt if she found out SHE’S the reason why no one was purchasing tickets for the seats near the stage.”

“Yeah we wanted to spare her feelings, but look where it got us! It backfired on us!

When she didn’t get any answers from us to why no one was purchasing tickets for the seats near the stage, she attempted to break right out of the mental institution to go out to the streets and winds up getting out-of-control, dragging her family towards the door and then I wound up flogging her for it! My family and I feel real bad about it because Diane wouldn’t have done any of that, if my family and I had come clean with her and just told her the truth in the first place.”

“So you all feel that it’s your fault Diane got out-of-control and attempted to break out of the mental institution because you all didn’t give her the answer right away?”

“Yes we feel it’s our fault, we blame ourselves! That’s why we decided not to ban her and let her perform.”

“So she’s definitely going to perform tonight?”

“Yes she’s going to perform tonight.”

“Oh that’s great, good for her! I’m so happy for Diane being that she’s been so upset and uptight about all the front row seats near the stage not being sold right away!”

“Yeah we’re all happy right now. Let’s go back stage and help everyone get ready.”

“Okay.” Alex and Margarita turn and walk towards the other staff members.

The Diaz-Davidson Organization members are backstage getting ready for their performance. Diane D approaches Barry and says to him, “Hey Dad. Are you sure all the front row seats near the stage are being filled up, or are people still afraid to be near the stage because of me?”

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“Yes Diane, the seats near the stage are being filled up,” Barry says.

“Really? They are? Or are you just telling me that to spare my feelings again?”

“I’m not trying to spare your feelings this time Diane, it’s the truth, all the front row seats are being filled up now!”

“Are you sure?”

“Yes I’m sure!”

“I want to go up to the balcony so I can look down and see for myself.”

“You want to go up to the balcony now?”

“Yeah Dad, if it’s okay. I want to take a quick peak.”

“Okay.” Barry turns to Mickey and says, “Mickey?”

“Yeah Dad?” Mickey says.

“Tell your mom, Grandma and Grandpa I’m gonna take Diane up to the balcony real quick.”

“Sure Dad.”

“Thanks.” Barry turns back to Diane D and says, “Come on Diane, let’s make this quick.”

“Okay Dad,” Diane D says as she and Barry turn and hurry out the back door.

Diane D and Barry are walking upstairs on the balcony level of the theater. They can see a crowd of people in the distance sitting on top in the back. Barry then says, “See Diane? Here’s all the people who came to see the show.”

“That’s great Dad,” Diane D says, “those are the people in the back. I’m more worried about the seats near the stage, I want to make sure they’re all filled up.”

Barry reaches the edge of the balcony. He looks down towards the seats near the stage and says, “There you go Diane, all the seats near the stage are being filled.”

“What!” Diane D rushes to the edge of the balcony. She looks down at the audience near the stage. The audience do not see her. She becomes shocked. There are tons of people sitting in the seats at the front of the theater near the stage. “Oh my God!” Diane D says, “the people came! They’re here!”

“Yes Diane, they are.”

“Oh my goodness!” Diane D and Barry continue to look down at the front of the audience near the stage.

Down at the front of the audience near the stage, there are tons of people sitting in the seats at the front of the theater, all the seats near the stage are almost filled as more people are still coming in.

Back up in the balcony, Diane D and Barry continue to look down at the crowd of people near the stage. Diane D gets slight tears in her eyes as she and Barry continue to look down at the crowd.

Down at the front of the audience near the stage, there are tons of people still coming in.

Back up in the balcony, Diane D and Barry continue to look down at the crowd of people near the stage. Diane D still has slight tears in her eyes as she and Barry 135

continue to look down at the crowd. Barry then turns to Diane D and says, “Are you happy now Diane?”

Diane D turns to Barry and smiles, “Yes I’m happy Dad. I’m very happy, thanks.”

Diane D and Barry give each other a warm hug. They then let go of each other. Diane D

then says, “And Dad? I’m very sorry for my out-of-control behavior when I attempted to break out the mental institution. I guess I was so desperate to get answers to why the front seats weren’t being sold.”

“Well you now understand the reason why the front seats weren’t being sold, don’t you?”

“Yeah I know the reason now. You all told me that people are still afraid of me because of what they heard happened last year and they think a monster is gonna come out of me while I’m performing on stage. It’s not going to happen Dad.”

“Are you sure Diane?”

“Of course I’m sure. Why wouldn’t I be sure?”

“Because if something happens while you’re up on stage, your original personality is not going to be aware of it! It’s not going to have any control over it at all and is not going to remember it, just like last year!”

“That’s not going to happen again Dad.”

“No? How are you so sure Diane?”

“I’m sure. It won’t happen again. I promise you.”

“Well, let’s hope it doesn’t .”

“Don’t worry Dad, it won’t. I’m going to give these people my best performance and show them that I’m no monster.”

“You’re going to show them you’re no monster?”

“I sure am.”

“Okay Diane. You got this! Let’s hurry and get back downstairs so we can start the show.”

“Okay Dad.” Diane D and Barry take one last look back at the crowd. They then turn and hurry away.

Around ninety minutes later, Diane D and the Dianettes finish their performance.

They are standing on stage side by side holding hands as the audience cheers. Diane D

turns to the Dianettes and says, “Come on girls, let’s take a bow!” Diane D and the Dianettes take a bow to the audience as the audience continues to cheer. Diane D and the Dianettes then turn and disappear off the stage.

Around a week later, Margarita is inside her office sitting behind her desk doing paperwork. There is a knock at the door. Margarita stops her paperwork, looks up at the door and sees Alex. She says, “Hey Alex. Come on in.”

“Hey Miss Margarita,” Alex says as he approaches Margarita. He then says, “Hey Miss Margarita?”

“What’s up Alex?”

“I just saw Diane inside the gym doing martial arts rehearsing with those instructors from Asia. It seems like she got several instructors from Asia in the gym with her. Why do she need so many of them in the gym with her rehearsing?”

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“Because she can’t fly to Asia being that she’s locked up and on house arrest, so she just have to fly them all from Asia to here.”

“Really?”

“Yes.”

“I also see young Asian martial arts performers in the gym also around five or six of them. I saw Lynn Cho in there too. I recognize two other ones who performed with Diane before.”

“Yeah they’re all rehearsing for the martial arts performance we’re going to put in the fundraising show next month.”

“What! You’re putting on another fundraising show?”

“Yes we are. It’s the most we can do for the victims and their families.”

“And you’re going to put martial arts in the show?”

“Yes that’s why those martial arts performers are here. They’re all going to be in the show, that’s why they’re all in the gym practicing.”

“Wow that’s wonderful Miss Margarita! What about Diane, is she gonna be in the martial arts performance too?”

“Of course she is, that’s why she’s practicing with them.”

“Oh really?”

“Yes.”

“Wow, this I got to see. I love when Diane performs martial arts. I think she’s very great at it!”

“You do?”

“Yeah! I think she has one of the best instructors in the world!”

“You think so Alex?”

“I know so Miss Margarita! But Diane doesn’t mind putting herself out there in front of people again after what she did last year?”

“She can’t change what happened last year, but she IS trying to show support for the victims and their families again by performing and trying to help raise money for them.

She IS trying.”

“I understand Miss Margarita. Well anyway, would you like me to help out with this new fundraising show you’re setting up?”

“Sure Alex. Let’s get a head start until my family comes in here.”

“Okay.” Alex and Margarita grab some papers off the desk.

Inside the organization gym, Diane D is wearing an all-black, high-collard, V-neck, one-piece bodysuit with sleeves to her elbows with her hair in bangs and a long thick braid down her back and black slip on shoes. She is wearing ankle monitors. She is practicing martial arts with six young Asian martial arts performers, four males and two females. One of the females is Lynn Cho, who performed martial arts with Diane D

three years prior. They are rehearsing with five older male martial arts instructors from Asia.

Nicolas, Michael and Mickey stand on the side of the gym looking on with other young Asian performers.

Two of the male instructors around their 50’s hold a board up high in the air as one of the male performers who is around his late-20’s attempts to high kick the board. The performer runs right towards the board. He then high kicks the board and the board 137

breaks in half! Everyone claps. The instructors pick up another board. They hold the other board up towards Lynn Cho. Lynn Cho runs right towards the board. She then high kicks the board and the board breaks in half! Everyone claps. The instructors pick up another board. They hold the other board up towards Diane D and the other performers. Diane D and another male performer who is in his early 20’s who has his hair in a slight mop top get ready to run towards the board at the same time! They slightly bump into each other, practically getting in each other’s way! They stop and quickly glare at each other, then Diane D angrily waves her left arm at the male performer for him to get out of the way as she attempts to run towards the board.

Diane D runs towards the board! The male performer gets slightly frustrated as he points his hand at Diane D. He then gets in line as Diane D runs to the board. Diane D

approaches the board then high kicks the board and the board breaks in half! Everyone claps. The instructors pick up another board. They hold the other board up towards the male performer as Diane D goes towards the back of the line.

Nicolas, Michael and Mickey continue to stand on the side looking on. Nicolas then shouts, “Diane!” Diane D turns her head towards Nicolas and stops walking as he shouts to her, “Rehearsal time is almost up! You got fifteen minutes left!”

“Fifteen minutes?!” Diane D shouts. “I need more time to rehearse Nicolas!”

“You already rehearsed for three hours! It’s time to take a break!”

“I’m not ready to take a break yet! We still need more time to practice!”

“Okay I’ll give you more time! Instead of fifteen more minutes, you got twenty more minutes!”

“Twenty minutes?!”

“That’s right! You got twenty minutes Diane!”

Diane D frustratingly looks at Nicolas. She then turns her head and looks at Lynn Cho as Lynn Cho looks back at her. Diane D and Lynn Cho then walk to the back of the line together as one of the male performer runs to the board. He then high kicks the board and the board breaks in half! Everyone claps. The instructors pick up another board. They hold the other board up towards a slightly short Asian female named Sue, who is around her mid-20’s, as she gets ready to run.

Ten minutes later, Diane D turns to Lynn Cho and says, “Come on Lynn. We only have ten more minutes to practice with the weapons.”

“Okay,” Lynn Cho says. Diane D turns and hurries to the back of the gym as Lynn Cho hurries and follow her.

Diane D and Lynn Cho are in the back of the gym. They grab some martial arts weapons that are on the floor. They pick up some nunchakus then hurry to a mat on the floor.

Diane D and Lynn Cho both sit on the mat way across from each other with their legs spread wide apart as Diane D has a nunchaku in her hand and Lynn Cho has a nunchaku in her hand. They then use the nunchakus as Diane D takes the nunchaku and starts practicing with it. She starts to spin the nunchaku in the air. She then spins it fast around her body. She then spins it fast around her head then back around her body as everyone else in the gym watch her in amazement. Michael then shouts, “Be careful with that Diane!”

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Five minutes later, Diane D and Lynn Cho are practicing martial arts going against each other using knives! Michael, Nicolas and Mickey worriedly look at Diane D as Nicolas shouts, “Alright, you two are going too hard with those knives!”

Diane D and Lynn Cho stop and turn to Nicolas as Diane D shouts, “Well that’s the way it’s supposed to be Nicolas!”

“Well not for you, time’s up! Let’s get ready to go Diane!”

“But we still have a few minutes left!”

“Well I decided to cut it short when I saw those dangerous knives! Let’s go Diane!”

“Alright, Lynn and I won’t do the knives anymore!”

“It’s still time to leave Diane, let’s go!”

Diane D angrily looks at Nicolas. She then looks at Lynn Cho as Lynn Cho looks back at her.

Five minutes later, Diane D, Lynn Cho and Sue approach Nicolas, Michael and Mickey as Michael says to them, “Hey Ladies.”

“Are you ready to go Diane?” Nicolas asks.

“Yeah I’m ready to go,” Diane D says. “I just want to know if it’s okay if Lynn and Sue join us for lunch.”

“Join us for lunch? I guess they can join us.”

“Okay, cool.”

“Let’s go this way.” Nicolas turns and heads towards the doorway as everyone else follows him.

It is three weeks later, 8:00 Saturday night. The arena lobby is packed full of excited people! There are a lot of people holding large banners and large signs high in the air! There are large posters on the lobby wall of Diane D holding knives and swords and large signs in the lobby that reads :THE DIAZ-DAVIDSON ORGANIZATION

PRESENTS A MARTIAL ARTS PERFOMANCE! Some of the banners and signs read:

‘DIANE D IN SWORD FIGHT!’ with very large bold letters printed on them. There are large signs in the lobby that reads :THE DIAZ-DAVIDSON ORGANIZATION PRESENTS

‘DIANE D AND THE MARTIAL ARTS PERFORMERS! There are large posters on the wall with pictures of the martial arts performers doing martial arts. There is a large poster on the wall with a picture of Diane D posing in a martial arts performance wearing a black sports bra and black leggings holding two large knives! Some of the women in the crowd are upset looking at the posters of Diane D holding weapons! One of the women Mrs. Peterson, a white female around her mid-forties with a short brunette bob haircut and bangs who is the widow of one of the police officers or swat team members killed by Diane D’s other personality angrily looks at the posters of Diane D holding the knives and swords. She then turns to the crowd and shouts, “Why is Diane D holding knives and swords in these posters?!” The crowd looks at Mrs. Peterson as she shouts, “Don’t tell me that she’s going to perform martial arts where she’s using knives, swords or any other kind of weapons!”

“Yeah,” a man in the crowd says. “I think she is.”

“What! We don’t need to see her doing martial arts performances that involves 139

knives, swords or any kind of weapon after what she did last year!”

“That’s right!” Mrs. Crouche, a woman around her late-40’s with dark hair pulled back in a bun whose husband was also one of authority figures killed by Diane D’s other personality last year, shouts. “If she can use that psychiatrist couch as a weapon to kill authority figures, then she can use anything as a weapon to kill! How can her family even allow her to put on a performance that involves knives and swords?! What were they thinking allowing her to even perform martial arts that involves knives and swords?! She might use those knives and swords and wind up killing again!”

“That’s right!” Mrs. Jenkins whose husband was one of authority figures killed by Diane D’s other personality last year shouts. “We shouldn’t even support seeing these martial arts performances if Diane D is going to be in them! These martial arts performances are only going to remind people how deadly Diane D’s martial arts stunts are! Just seeing Diane D holding any kind of weapon is scary enough after she used that psychiatrist couch as a weapon to harm and kill people with including my husband!”

“That’s right everyone!” Mrs. Peterson shouts. “If Diane D performs martial arts using knives and swords, we’re going to plan to have a protest against it!”

“What!” the crowd shouts. “A protest?!”

“You’re planning to have a protest if Diane D use knives and swords in her martials arts performance?!” a white teenage boy shouts.

“That’s right!” Mrs. Peterson shouts.

“Why?! Why do you want to have a protest if Diane D plans to use knives and swords in her martial arts performances?!”

“Because she killed six people including my husband by doing martial arts when she picked up that psychiatrist couch and threw it across the room using it as a weapon and we don’t need to see her do that!”

“But I want to see it!”

“Yeah me too!” another teenage boy shouts.

“You want to see Diane D using knives and swords after what she did last year?!”

Mrs. Peterson shouts.

“Yes I do want to see her using them!” the first teenage boy shouts. “I’m sorry for what happened to your husband and those other authority figures lady, but please don’t spoil it for me, don’t spoil my thunder! My friends and I want to see Diane D perform those martial arts stunts with the knives and swords and we’re going to see her do it!”

“Is that right?!”

“Yes it is!”

“We’ll see about that!”

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Chapter 13

Another Revenge Plot Foils At The Theater

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It is showtime at the theater. Diane D is dressed in the all-black, high-collard, V-neck, one-piece bodysuit with sleeves to her elbows with her hair in bangs and a long thick braid down her back and thick black shoes. She is wearing ankle monitors as she performs martial arts with Lynn Cho, Sue and the other martial arts performers.

Showtime at the theater has ended. Diane D and the martial arts performers finish their performance. They stand on stage side by side holding hands as the audience clap and cheer.

Behind the balcony, a young white male is secretly pointing a gun at Diane D while she’s on stage. He is about to pull the trigger. Suddenly, there’s the sound of gunfire behind the balcony! The young white male gets shot and screams, “Aaaaahh!” He falls down! He lays on the floor injured. He looks up and sees a mysterious person dressed all in black wearing a black mask, a black hat, dark shades, a black coat, black pants and thick black shoes pointing a gun at him as the person quickly backs away! The mysterious person then turns away and runs off!

Back on stage, Diane D, the martial arts performers and the people in the audience are not aware of what’s going on behind the balcony as the people in the audience continues to clap and cheer. They did not hear the gunshot. Diane D turns to the other martial arts performers and says, “Come on guys, let’s take a bow!” Diane D and the other martial arts performers take a bow to the audience as the audience continues to cheer. Diane D and the other martial arts performers then turn and disappear off the stage.

A few minutes later, there are police sirens being heard out in the street. People are about to leave the theater. A white male police officer tells the people, “You can’t leave out that exit because a man was just found shot!”

“What!” the crowd shouts.

“Someone was found shot?!” a man shouts.

“Oh no!” a woman shouts.

A couple hours later, the police are at the hospital where the victim’s family is. The victim’s family are all hysterical! One of the police officers, a stocky white male with a mustache name Officer Kilpatrick speaks to the victim’s mother Mrs. Jenkins and says,

“I’m sorry Mrs. Jenkins, your son got injured very bad.”

“What!” Mrs. Jenkins and the rest of her family shout. “Oh no!”

“My God, who did this?!” Mrs. Jenkins cries as she sniffles her nose with a tissue

“Who did this to my son?!”

“No one knows Mrs. Jenkins.”

“No one knows?! My God! He just lost his father last year!”

“What! He lost his father too?! Oh no not again! Don’t tell me that his father is one of the victim’s that Diane D killed last year!”

“Yes his father was one of the victims, Diane D killed him! How do you know that his father was one of Diane D’s victims anyway?!”

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“Because I remember you last year when you were inside the courthouse complaining about Diane D! You were one of the widows who lost her husband to Diane D’s other personality’s wrath! You were fussing with Diane D’s grandfather Mike! I am so sorry for what you and your family are going through Mrs. Jenkins!”

“Now I might lose my son! My son hasn’t been the same since his father’s death and kept saying that he wanted revenge against Diane D!”

“He wanted revenge against Diane D too?!”

“Well who wouldn’t?! My son ran out the house this morning and was shouting that he’s going to get that Diane D for what she did to his dad!”

“That’s what he said?!”

“Yep, he sure did!”

“You know he’s the fourth person that the police department hear was after Diane D

for taking their dad away!”

“He’s the fourth?”

“Yes!”

“I heard what happened to the first three guys! I heard they never got to harm Diane D! I heard every time someone in any of the victims’ families tried to go after Diane D, something got in each of their way and they wind up getting injured or killed themselves and somehow they were prevented from harming her!”

“It seems that way.”

“I don’t understand how they were prevented from harming her! Does Diane D have some type of body guards surrounding her at all times to keep other people from harming her?! Did her family hire body guards to protect her?!”

“No her family didn’t hire any bodyguards for her.”

“They didn’t?”

“No. They became bodyguards for her themselves by being around her constantly keeping a close eye on her.”

“They did?”

“Yes.”

“So that’s it! Her family members are probably the ones who are causing all of that!

They’re probably the ones who caused one of the guys to get into a car accident and get killed! They’re probably the ones who stabbed the other guy in the stairwell! They’re probably the ones who shot that guy Kurt in the stairwell and are probably the ones who just shot my son behind the balcony!”

“We can’t jump into conclusions Mrs. Jenkins. We can’t make false accusations against people!”

“Well who else could be preventing Diane D from being harmed?! It has to be her family members doing that!”

“Diane D and her family members claim they weren’t even aware of anyone being after her!”

“They weren’t aware of it?”

“No, they weren’t aware of anybody being after Diane D at all! The only time they became aware of anybody being after Diane D was when the police told them about it, but before that, none of them were aware of it! If the police never told Diane D’s family that someone was after her, they would have never known even to this day!”

“Well somebody needs to get Diane D sooner or later because she’s a beast! She’s a monster! She killed all those authority figures last year, including my husband and a 143

priest! The doctors and the courts claim mental illness and all she gets is being locked away in a mental institution?! She should be in prison for life! She destroyed other families’ lives and still gets to come out on house arrest and be with her family! She took all these young men’s dads away, but she still has HER dad! She took lives so her life or freedom should be taken away as well!” Mrs. Jenkins starts to cry uncontrollably.

A few hours later, Officer Kilpatrick and another white male police officer are at the Diaz-Davidson Organization again speaking to Margarita, Tomas, Mary, Barry, Tonio, Marilyn, Gracy and Grandpa Mike as Officer Kilpatrick says to them, “The young man’s family said that he was angry about Diane D killing his father last year. We’re just trying to find out, does Diane D know about the tragedy that happened behind the balcony at the theater during the ending of her and the martial arts performers’

performance?”

“Yeah she heard about it!” Barry shouts. “We all heard about it!”

“Well we just want to find out if Diane D had anything to do with this recent tragedy.”

“What!” Diane D’s family shouts.

“If she had anything to do with it?!” Mary shouts. “No! Of course not! Every time there’s a freaken tragedy that happens to someone in those victims’ families, why do you police always have to wonder if my daughter was involved in it?!”

“Well the victims and their families did mention Diane D’s name,” Officer Kilpatrick says.“I don’tcare whatthey mentioned! Dianedidn’tdo it!”

“That’s right Officer!” Tomas shouts. “Diane was on stage during that whole entire time of the shooting!”

“She sure was!” Gracy shouts. “So how the hell can she have anything to do with the shooting while she’s on stage?!”

“I’m not saying that she’s the one who pulled the trigger!” Officer Kilpatrick shouts.

“I’m just curious if there was a connection between her and the shooter!”

“Officer!” Margarita shouts, “this is the fourth time you guys are coming here wanting to know if my grandchild was involved in someone’s harm or death! Diane had absolutely nothing to do with any of those tragedies alright?! Those tragedies are totally beyond her control! We don’t need you guys keep coming here suspecting her of harming anyone every time someone in any of those victims’ family gets hurt!”

“We just need to find out Miss Margarita. We’re just doing our job.”

“Your job is not to keep constantly coming here harassing my granddaughter every time you hear about a tragedy that occurred to one of those victims’ family members!”

“We’re not harassing Diane D Miss Margarita! The victims and their families mentioned her name!”

“Officer!” Barry shouts, “we feel bad about what happened to those young guys and their families, but Diane didn’t harm them, you got that?! She didn’t do it, it wasn’t her!”“Okay! I’mjust tryingtolook outfor DianeD myself!”

“What do you mean look out for her yourself?!” Grandpa Mike shouts

“With all these recent deaths and injury incidents happening with all these victims, Diane D needs to be very careful! All those authority figures that she, or should I say 144

‘her OTHER personality’ have hurt and killed, I’m afraid that their other family members might try to get revenge on her too and want to come after her for what she or her other personality did!”

“We know officer! My family and I are going to continue to watch over Diane like a hawk!”

“That’s right Officer!” Margarita shouts. “We’ll let you question Diane and see for yourself that she has nothing to do with these tragedies!”

“Okay,” Officer Kilpatrick says.

“Come this way.” Margarita heads towards the doorway as Officer Kilpatrick and the rest of her family follow her.

Several minutes later, Diane D’s family members and Officer Kilpatrick are standing in front of Diane D as Diane D shouts to them all, “Four times I’m hearing that someone was out to get me, four times!” Nancy and Charlotte stand on the side nervously looking on as Diane D continues to shout to her family and Officer Kilpatrick, “First I hear that someone who died in a car crash was out to get me, then I hear that someone who was found stabbed in the stairwell while I was sitting outside Dr. Stone’s office was out to get me, then I hear that motherfucking guy Kurt who was found shot in the stairwell and claiming to everyone that he saw me in the stairwell when he got shot was out to get me, then I hear this motherfucka who was found shot behind the balcony after my performing at the theater was out to get me, then the police want to know if I had anything to do with all their tragedies?! How the FUCK was I able to have anything to do with any of their tragedies if I’m locked up or on house arrest with these freakin ass ankle monitors strapped around my ankles?! You know I did not sign up to be hypnotized to go through any of this! If I knew I would be going through any of this, I would have never agreed to have myself be hypnotized! I only agreed to have myself be hypnotized so I can get help for my memory loss because I didn’t remember myself saying those strange things Nancy claim I said to her that night! I did not agree to have myself be hypnotized to wake up days later and find out that I killed not one person, not two people, but several people all at once, especially authority figures, then to wind up being locked right back up in the mental institution, then come back out on house arrest with fucking ankle monitors strapped around my ankles and have people afraid of me avoiding me like the plague, treating me like I’m a vicious monster, avoiding purchasing tickets for seats near the stage because they’re scared to be close to me thinking I might attack them when I’m not even thinking about attacking them and now having those victims’ family members coming after me for something I don’t even remember doing!

I’m trying to make up to the family members of the victims by trying to help raise money for THEIR asses! What more can I do?!” Diane D then points her finger to everyone and shouts, “Listen everybody! I’m gonna tell you all one thing and you all better get this shit straight! If anybody and I mean ANYBODY from those victims’

families try to come after me again, then I will have no choice but to get prepared!”

“You will have no choice but to get prepared?” Barry asks. “Get prepared in what way?”

“To defend myself!”

“To defend yourself?!”

“That’s right! I’m not going to be a sitting duck for any of those victims’ family 145

members and just let somebody from their families come after me! If any more of those victims’ family members try to come after me, I will defend myself by any means necessary!”

“You will defend yourself by any means necessary?” Margarita asks. “What do you mean by that Diane?”

“BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY!” Diane D firmly says as she points her hand giving Margarita a cold stare. Everyone frighteningly stares at her. Diane D then turns away from everyone and walks away. She walks into a hallway, turn the corner then disappear around the corner.

Everyone continues to stare towards the corner where Diane D disappeared to.

They suddenly jump as they hear a BOOM sound of a door banging and slamming so hard that they feel the vibration! They are all startled! “Wow,” Barry says, “here we go again.”

Officer Kilpatrick turns to Diane D’s family and says, “Wow. You know I change my mind about Diane D needing to be careful about those victims’ family members trying to come after her, because after what she just said to us about defending herself by any means necessary, then walking away slamming a door so hard that we felt the vibration and after what she did last year, I don’t think she needs to be careful of those victims’

family members, I think those victims’ family members need to be careful of HER!”

“I think so too,” Barry says. “I’m afraid of what she might do again!”

“I’m afraid of what she might do again too!” Margarita shouts. “Now we’re never gonna let her out of our sight!”

“I know!” Tonio shouts. He turns to Nancy and Charlotte and shouts, “Nancy, tú y Charlotte van al cuarto de atrás y revisan a Diane!”

“I’m not going back there Dad,” Nancy nervously says.

“Me neither,” Charlotte nervously says.

“That’s okay everyone!” Margarita shouts. “I’ll go in the back room and check on her!” Margarita starts to head towards the hallway Diane D went off to. She hurries into the hallway, turns the corner then disappear around the corner. Mary, Marilyn, Gracy and Aunt Celeste start to hurry away after Margarita. They hurry into a hallway, turn the corner then disappear around the corner.

Officer Kilpatrick turns to the rest of Diane D’s family and says, “Mr. Barry, does Diane D have some type of Guardian angel looking out for her?”

“Does she have some type of guardian Angel?” Barry asks. “What do you mean?”

“It seems like every time there’s an attempt on her, something comes up to block it just in time! Does Diane D have a guardian angel looking out for her, protecting her?”

“Well I hope she does, because who knows, there could be more attempts on her from other family members of the victims!”

“I’m sorry that you all are going through this, but you all have to understand how the family members of those victims feel about their loved ones being killed!”

“We DO understand how those family members feel about what happened to their loved ones Officer, but what else can we do?! Diane DID say that she’s sorry for what happened to all those victims! She DID say that she feels sorry for what their family members are going through, but said she’s not going to be a sitting duck for anybody in those victims’ family to just come after her!”

“That’s right officer!” Tomas shouts. “When Diane said that she will defend herself by any means necessary, I’m sure she meant it!” Tomas and Barry turn and hurry 146

towards where Margarita, Mary, Marilyn, Aunt Celeste and Diane D went off to. They hurry into a hallway, turn the corner then disappear around the corner. Grandpa Mike then turns and follows. Everyone else then turn and follow after Grandpa Mike while Nancy, Charlotte and Officer Kilpatrick stay behind nervously looking on at where everyone else disappeared to.

The following day, Nancy and Evan are outside the organization talking as Evan says to her, “My God Nancy! How does Diane feel knowing that someone else who got shot in the stairwell was out to get her?!”

“Pissed off!” Nancy shouts. “She’s real pissed off about this whole entire thing, so am I! Damn, I regret telling my family about the encounter I had with her other personality that night inside my family’s home!”

“You regret telling your family about it? Why?”

“Because look where it has gotten all of us! Diane gets hypnotized by her doctors, her doctors wind up bringing her other personality out to the surface! They didn’t just bring one other personality out to the surface, they brought two different personalities out! Then one of her other personalities goes berserk, gets superhuman strength and winds up breaking loose from those chains she was strapped in, then lifts that psychiatrist couch right up off the floor, tosses it in the air and goes on a killing rampage with it and winds up killing six authority figures and injuring many others!

Now four of those authority figures’ loved ones were out to get my cousin for revenge and winds up getting their own self hurt or killed! Now that we all know people were out to get my cousin, I’m scared! Even though a couple of the people who were out to get her passed away, I’m scared that the ones who survived could still be after my cousin and try to get her!” Nancy starts to cry uncontrollably. Evan quickly grabs Nancy and holds her tight as she cries on his shoulder.